2008 - No. 4         www.malecek.com        
Bye Bye Bonnie      

   On October 27th we had Bonnie put to sleep. It became apparent the day before that she was in major trouble. Listless, turning her nose up at carrots (her favorite delicacy) and panting. So we had a vet assess her and it wasn’t good news. Liver cancer. We got Bonnie as a 9 year old. But she was lively as a pup and loved to be chased.
In a daily ritual she would go into the lounge, lie on her back and then do battle with an unseen attacker. She was truly Ne’s dog, for whenever she was left behind by Ne she would howl until she returned. If left behind in the car, she would blow the horn.

 At the pump:

 $1.54/litre

 $5.92/gal
It wasn’t planned, but the same week that Gail was approved to job share next year (teaching 2 days a week) she ended up having the rest of this year off.
Gail had gone out for a cruise on the Manukau Harbour with Elaine on October 25th. On her way back to Waiuku she went around a curve, saw 5 cars coming at her. She thought ‘too many cars’ heading straight at her. She swerved and missed the first one and she went head on into the following vehicle which happened to be an SUV with bull bars.
At 1:05PM I heard this phone message: “This is xxxx. Your wife was in an accident on Awhitu Road. She is OK”. Time stamped 12:40AM. Ne and I headed out. Just 3Km north a fireman was forcing cars to turn back. I didn’t stop. At the accident site a policeman told us to stay in our car until Gail was in the ambulance. Her car was totalled and the roof had been cut off and she needed to be cut out from the steering wheel.
I went in the ambulance. Gail was alert and communicated lucidly. 40 minute drive to hospital and into a resuscitation room where a team of doctors spent 5 hours going over her - it seemed to be only broken bones. Ian White arrived to be with me and Renee came with Elaine.
At 7PM Gail was on her way to surgery. The surgeon said it would take around 5 hours and they would work their way around her body.

The damage: broken left wrist (distal ulnar), broken right clavicle (seat belt), broken lower right arm (radius and ulnar), broken bones in lower right leg (tibia and fibular). The airbag prevented damage to her head, neck or spine. Gail came home on the 11th November and will be in a wheelchair for around 6 weeks.

QVS
REUNION


 Ken and Colleen from The Mount “dropped in” and stayed one night. Ian and Susi joined us and we had great time over supper fueled with much wine. The stories flowed equally as well and they brought back memories from so long ago, when we were all teaching at QVS in Fiji.

 Malley Muses

To Wit or not to Wit

I know a few half-wits, but I have never run across a full-wit. Is it just me, or am I dim-witted?
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